Links
Here's a description of the links on the sidebar...sometimes I need to remind myself what they are....
Dave Puriksma's Luncheonette
Website for former Disney animator Dave Puriksma. He was the supervising animator for Flounder (The Little Mermaid), Mrs. Potts and Chip (Beauty and the Beast) the sultan (Aladdin), Flit (Pocahontas), the gargoyles Victor & Hugo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), and Fenton Q Harcourt and Mrs. Wilhelmina Bertha Packard (Atlantis). He also worked on Bernard in The Rescuers Down Under and on The Lion King and Kingdon of the Sun before it transformed into The Emperor's New Groove.
Cartoon Brew
THE first site to go to for animation news and links, run by Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi.
Pixar
Obviously, the official site for DreamWorks Animation SKG
Luxo
A Pixar news blog.
Upcoming Pixar
A Pixar news blog that is updated more often.
Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews
Christian Clemmensen, a big Pepsi fan, reviews many movie soundtracks. His reviews are lengthy, generally well-written, and opinionated. FYI, he doesn't like the score for the Pirates of the Carbbean films. But this site is also has discussion boards that can get as energetic, irreverent, and vehement as those on IMDb.
Victor Navone
Blog for the Pixar animator whose work includes Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and WALL*E as well as visual effects for Titan AE and Presto Studios. Includes hilarious pictures of everyday life at Pixar. Check out His "Alien Song" short!
Mark Andrews
The blog for the wild, wacky, and brilliant story man who has worked on Osmosis Jones, Genndy Tartakovsky's "Star Wars: Clone Wars" series and Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film. Not enough? He co-directed One Man Band with Andrew Jimenez and was story supervisor for The Incredibles. On the DVD, he's that crazy guy who makes all those cool soud effects when he's pitching his boards. His artwork is fantastic and leads towards the action-packed. But I absolutely love action.
Ted Mathot
Blog for another story artist who has worked on "The Simpsons," Road to El Dorado, Monsters, Inc, and The Incredibles. He drew the characters for that cool "100 Mile Dash" animatic that's on the Pixar website.
Keith Lango Animation
This guy writes GREAT posts on animation techniques and the state of the industry today. He's also active in helping the needy in Brazil. Visit it now! I don't know him, but sure wish I did cuz he sounds like a genuinely nice, thoughtful guy! For the record, he's worked on "VeggieTales" and The Ant Bully.
Spline Doctors
The blog for Acadamy of Art Unversity in San Francisco animation teachers Adam Burke, Stephen Gregory, Scott Clark, and Andrew Gordon. They also happen to be animators at Pixar. Check out their Spline Cast, where they interview fellow Pixar greats Andrew Stanton, his brother Nate, and Ralph Eggleston, and basically talk about animation in general.
The Animation Podcast
The site for an AWESOME podcast, where Disney animator Clay Kaytis interviews modern Disney legends such as Burny Mattinson, Glen Keane, Nik Ranieri, John Musker & Ron Clements, and Andreas Deja. There's even audio from a Milt Kahl lecture at CalArts! This is slightly off topic, but another great podcast is the Film Score Monthly Podcast.
Lou Romano
Art blog for the mega-talented production designer for The Incredibles who has also worked on Monsters, Inc. and "Powerpuff Girls." HIs work is utterly dynamic and stylized. Oh, and he's the voice of Bernie Kopp, (the teacher in the Incredibles), Snotrod in Cars, and Linguini in Ratatouille. From The Incredibles DVD [imitating Brad Bird]: "Hey man, I feel like I'm at a smorgasbord, and all you guys are offering me is bean dip."
Hideyo Satake
Unlike all the other blogs, I actually know this guy. He was my summer camp counselor for two years. Not only is he inspirational, but one hell of a funny guy as well. And his brother's a master at "Chubby Bunny". Check out his profile to see his other blog, "Robots in Disguise."
Jeff Pidgeon
Commentary from yet another talented animation artist on everything from comic books to cool toys to how Star Wars has influenced striptease.
SoundTrackNet
Another soundtrack website. It has less reviews than Filmtracks and generally gives Hans Zimmer all good reviews. But it also has exclusive interviews with composers and lengthy (i.e. more than two paragraphs) articles.
Score Reviews
Yet another movie soundtrack review site with reviews that are also well-written, but less harshly critical than those on Filmtracks. This site adores James Horner perhaps a bit more than I do, but isn't afraid to give some of his scores less than perfect marks.
Ward Jenkins
Blog for another animator based in Georgia, made notorious for his criticism (and I agree with him) of The Polar Express, and how he would change it, with visual examples. And you gotta love a guy who loves The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also worked on animation for this years Sundance Film Festival pre-show and has a now 6 or 7-year-old-daughter who has jaw dropping draftsmanship talent.
John Sanford
Home of the ultra-hilarious Chippy and Loopus comic strip. Sanford is a story artist who has worked at Disney Feature Animation (Mulan, Atlantis, Home on the Range), Sony Pictures Animation, and now Pixar.
Cinemusic
Guess what--another film music website. It only has the most recent soundtracks reviewed, and it's the most forgiving of all the sites I've listed (whch I kinda like). It's apparently home to a major Danny Elfman fan....
Dave Puriksma's Luncheonette
Website for former Disney animator Dave Puriksma. He was the supervising animator for Flounder (The Little Mermaid), Mrs. Potts and Chip (Beauty and the Beast) the sultan (Aladdin), Flit (Pocahontas), the gargoyles Victor & Hugo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), and Fenton Q Harcourt and Mrs. Wilhelmina Bertha Packard (Atlantis). He also worked on Bernard in The Rescuers Down Under and on The Lion King and Kingdon of the Sun before it transformed into The Emperor's New Groove.
Cartoon Brew
THE first site to go to for animation news and links, run by Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi.
Pixar
Obviously, the official site for DreamWorks Animation SKG
Luxo
A Pixar news blog.
Upcoming Pixar
A Pixar news blog that is updated more often.
Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews
Christian Clemmensen, a big Pepsi fan, reviews many movie soundtracks. His reviews are lengthy, generally well-written, and opinionated. FYI, he doesn't like the score for the Pirates of the Carbbean films. But this site is also has discussion boards that can get as energetic, irreverent, and vehement as those on IMDb.
Victor Navone
Blog for the Pixar animator whose work includes Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and WALL*E as well as visual effects for Titan AE and Presto Studios. Includes hilarious pictures of everyday life at Pixar. Check out His "Alien Song" short!
Mark Andrews
The blog for the wild, wacky, and brilliant story man who has worked on Osmosis Jones, Genndy Tartakovsky's "Star Wars: Clone Wars" series and Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film. Not enough? He co-directed One Man Band with Andrew Jimenez and was story supervisor for The Incredibles. On the DVD, he's that crazy guy who makes all those cool soud effects when he's pitching his boards. His artwork is fantastic and leads towards the action-packed. But I absolutely love action.
Ted Mathot
Blog for another story artist who has worked on "The Simpsons," Road to El Dorado, Monsters, Inc, and The Incredibles. He drew the characters for that cool "100 Mile Dash" animatic that's on the Pixar website.
Keith Lango Animation
This guy writes GREAT posts on animation techniques and the state of the industry today. He's also active in helping the needy in Brazil. Visit it now! I don't know him, but sure wish I did cuz he sounds like a genuinely nice, thoughtful guy! For the record, he's worked on "VeggieTales" and The Ant Bully.
Spline Doctors
The blog for Acadamy of Art Unversity in San Francisco animation teachers Adam Burke, Stephen Gregory, Scott Clark, and Andrew Gordon. They also happen to be animators at Pixar. Check out their Spline Cast, where they interview fellow Pixar greats Andrew Stanton, his brother Nate, and Ralph Eggleston, and basically talk about animation in general.
The Animation Podcast
The site for an AWESOME podcast, where Disney animator Clay Kaytis interviews modern Disney legends such as Burny Mattinson, Glen Keane, Nik Ranieri, John Musker & Ron Clements, and Andreas Deja. There's even audio from a Milt Kahl lecture at CalArts! This is slightly off topic, but another great podcast is the Film Score Monthly Podcast.
Lou Romano
Art blog for the mega-talented production designer for The Incredibles who has also worked on Monsters, Inc. and "Powerpuff Girls." HIs work is utterly dynamic and stylized. Oh, and he's the voice of Bernie Kopp, (the teacher in the Incredibles), Snotrod in Cars, and Linguini in Ratatouille. From The Incredibles DVD [imitating Brad Bird]: "Hey man, I feel like I'm at a smorgasbord, and all you guys are offering me is bean dip."
Hideyo Satake
Unlike all the other blogs, I actually know this guy. He was my summer camp counselor for two years. Not only is he inspirational, but one hell of a funny guy as well. And his brother's a master at "Chubby Bunny". Check out his profile to see his other blog, "Robots in Disguise."
Jeff Pidgeon
Commentary from yet another talented animation artist on everything from comic books to cool toys to how Star Wars has influenced striptease.
SoundTrackNet
Another soundtrack website. It has less reviews than Filmtracks and generally gives Hans Zimmer all good reviews. But it also has exclusive interviews with composers and lengthy (i.e. more than two paragraphs) articles.
Score Reviews
Yet another movie soundtrack review site with reviews that are also well-written, but less harshly critical than those on Filmtracks. This site adores James Horner perhaps a bit more than I do, but isn't afraid to give some of his scores less than perfect marks.
Ward Jenkins
Blog for another animator based in Georgia, made notorious for his criticism (and I agree with him) of The Polar Express, and how he would change it, with visual examples. And you gotta love a guy who loves The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also worked on animation for this years Sundance Film Festival pre-show and has a now 6 or 7-year-old-daughter who has jaw dropping draftsmanship talent.
John Sanford
Home of the ultra-hilarious Chippy and Loopus comic strip. Sanford is a story artist who has worked at Disney Feature Animation (Mulan, Atlantis, Home on the Range), Sony Pictures Animation, and now Pixar.
Cinemusic
Guess what--another film music website. It only has the most recent soundtracks reviewed, and it's the most forgiving of all the sites I've listed (whch I kinda like). It's apparently home to a major Danny Elfman fan....
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